Last Friday, I was returning home work, when two large beautiful foxes darted out from a nearby alley and into the road infront of an oncomming car. It was very apparent, even from a half meter distance that this car had hit one of the foxes, therefore there is no way the driver could not have been aware of the travasty he/she had just caused. However, rather than stopping to check on him, the driver continued on reguardless. When I went to examine the fox, whom I later named Tobias, his spine had been snapped, and he lay dead on impact. Distraught by this, I called the RSPCA hoping to bring the driver to some kind of justice, only to be told that, although they could act in the cases of certain wildlife, the law does not protect him because he was a fox!Tobias was a strong, healthy, beautiful animal. His death was cruel and unjust. It is wrong that one species is valued more than another. Every life is precious, and we have no right to play god and decide which belongs and which does not. For these reasons I want to change this law, so that foxes are given the same rights and justice as other animals under this protective umbrella. I would really appriciate your advice on how I can do this in a peaceful and constructive manner.Please help me get justice for Tobias.

Naming a dead animal is insane. I like foxes, and other animals. Accidents happen, with animals that are not observant enough.It is getting worse because of more vehicles and that is from human overpopulation--the root cause.

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If you don't understand something, thats fine, but that doesnt make it insane. It just means you and I think of things in a different light. I just think if there was some kind of penalty, people would take more care

Besides, i think you've missed the point. The point is not that the accident occurred. I know accidents happen, but dont you think if an animal gets hit, the driver should at least stop? I do. I'm of the opinion that if you think something is wrong, dont just moan about it, DO something. So thats what i'm trying to do. Thats why i thought i'd ask what avenues i should go through, and i thought here would be the best place to information gather.

I can understand naming a wild animal, but not naming one after it has been a victim of road kill and is dead. I believe there are already laws to prosecute those who are witnessed to purposely have run over an animal. We don't need more laws. What we need is less people, and less vehicular traffic.

_________________"With every decision, think seven generations ahead of the consequences of your actions" Ute rule of life.“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children”― Chief Seattle“Those Who Have the Privilege to Know Have the Duty to Act”…Albert Einstein

I can understand naming a wild animal, but not naming one after it has been a victim of road kill and is dead. I believe there are already laws to prosecute those who are witnessed to purposely have run over an animal. We don't need more laws. What we need is less people, and less vehicular traffic.

Meanwhile hundreds of rabbits ,three mice and two ruffled grouse were heard clapping in the "Evergreen Forest," at the passing of the fox they knew as "Hungry Fang."

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If I had time to worry about specific instances of wild animals getting struck by vehicles, I could probably think of a better use of my time.

Couple years ago a Freddy the black crow got nailed by a car in front of my house eating road kill. The whole family did a crying session trying to get Freddy to take wing but alas it was not to be & Freddy expired. Meanwhile I watched as Fenetry E Eagle perched in a nearby pine tree surveying the situation. When the mourners left Fenetry E Eagle casually slipped from his perch to pay his last respects to Freddy and proceeded to carry him off to the mouth of a little brook below the road and then started carving up Freddy with his beak. I was glad I took the time to see how nature handles such situations. Seems the clean up crew can consist of the most regal of characters, looking for a free lunch. I now spy Fenetry E Eagle and think of him as the eagle that was Freddy's Freeloader .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhjPvMpEhm4

_________________I use red, not because of anger but to define my posts to catch rebuttals latter and it makes the quote feature redundent for me. The rest of you pick your own color.

If I had time to worry about specific instances of wild animals getting struck by vehicles, I could probably think of a better use of my time.

Couple years ago a Freddy the black crow got nailed by a car in front of my house eating road kill. The whole family did a crying session trying to get Freddy to take wing but alas it was not to be & Freddy expired. Meanwhile I watched as Fenetry E Eagle perched in a nearby pine tree surveying the situation. When the mourners left Fenetry E Eagle casually slipped from his perch to pay his last respects to Freddy and proceeded to carry him off to the mouth of a little brook below the road and then started carving up Freddy with his beak. I was glad I took the time to see how nature handles such situations. Seems the clean up crew can consist of the most regal of characters, looking for a free lunch. I now spy Fenetry E Eagle and think of him as the eagle that was Freddy's Freeloader .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhjPvMpEhm4

I respect that aspect of nature in its resourcefulness. What I don't respect is man who is divided from the beast with his ability to moralise and his ethicalness to forgo these intrinsic qualities and justify his actions by the raw nature he sees.

If I had time to worry about specific instances of wild animals getting struck by vehicles, I could probably think of a better use of my time.

Couple years ago a Freddy the black crow got nailed by a car in front of my house eating road kill. The whole family did a crying session trying to get Freddy to take wing but alas it was not to be & Freddy expired. Meanwhile I watched as Fenetry E Eagle perched in a nearby pine tree surveying the situation. When the mourners left Fenetry E Eagle casually slipped from his perch to pay his last respects to Freddy and proceeded to carry him off to the mouth of a little brook below the road and then started carving up Freddy with his beak. I was glad I took the time to see how nature handles such situations. Seems the clean up crew can consist of the most regal of characters, looking for a free lunch. I now spy Fenetry E Eagle and think of him as the eagle that was Freddy's Freeloader .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhjPvMpEhm4

I respect that aspect of nature in its resourcefulness. What I don't respect is man who is divided from the beast with his ability to moralise and his ethicalness to forgo these intrinsic qualities and justify his actions by the raw nature he sees.

Not correct Mothy. In fact you want to judge others as inferior so you can feel morally superior without accounting for the fact that it is ethical for man to take his natural place just as it is for Fenetry E Eagle.

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